by John Elkhoury | Feb 23, 2019 | Ask John, Learning French
Dear John,Why is it nous mangeons instead of nous mangons?… I thought that we drop the ending and add “-ons” to -ER verbs.Sarah Bonjour Sarah,You are correct that when conjugating an “ER verb,” the nous form takes an –ons stem added to...
by John Elkhoury | Jul 20, 2018 | Ask John, French Words & Expressions, Learning French
Dear John, Why do we use à to describe French foods? …other examples I can think of include tarte aux fraises, omelette du fromage.. why don’t we use avec here? The general rule is that we use the French preposition à to delineate an ingredient in a...
by John Elkhoury | Jul 30, 2016 | Ask John, Life in France, Paris
Dear John, Is living in Paris expensive? Mai Talât Hey Mai, The thing about your question is that the word “expensive” is relative. What’s the context? When I lived in Bourg-en-Bresse I was able to rent a nice little apartment for about 250...
by John Elkhoury | May 20, 2016 | Ask John
Dear John, I would like to improve my French by reading newspapers. What is your choice for never-ending-francais-beginner? Thank you. Jana. P. S. I’m so happy that I discovered your website, thank you A LOT! Bonjour Jana, Thanks for the kind words. I do know of...
by John Elkhoury | May 8, 2016 | Ask John
Dear John, I was wondering if you knew of any way we could connect with people (preferably college students like myself) via Skype of e-mail to learn more from one another. They could perfect their English and we could perfect our French. Thanks in advance! Ah the...
by John Elkhoury | Apr 18, 2016 | Ask John, Learning French
Dear John, Do you know a good way to learn the difference between amener/emmener and apporter/emporter? I’m studying it in class right now and I’m still having a little bit of trouble understanding when to use which. The general rule is that the verbs...
